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Chapter 418 The situation is great
Watching the singing and dancing on the screen, Huang Ze folded his arms and began to appreciate the film.

As for worrying about box office like some directors, Huang Ze does not have such worries.

As long as the box office can reach 50 million, this film can recoup its cost.

And fifty million...

Huang Ze didn't think it was difficult.

"Chicago" did win many awards in its previous life, but it is not an obscure art film, and the plot is actually not that complicated and not difficult to understand.

A lawyer who was motivated by profit and a female prisoner in prison hit it off and successfully got the female prisoner acquitted by manipulating public opinion.

It's true that this is a musical.

It is also true that it is a satire! The level of satire is obvious to the average audience, but professional film critics would be shocked.

This is America!
Therefore, this film can be said to be appealing to both the elite and the masses in the United States, satisfying the needs of many people.

In addition, since there hasn't been an excellent musical film for many years, Huang Ze feels that this film can still arouse the desire to watch it in many people.

"Huang, your work is beyond my expectation." Jennifer Connelly, who was sitting next to Huang Ze and wearing an evening gown, couldn't help but say to Huang Ze halfway through the film, "I just realized that my acting skills can be so good! Thank you for giving me such an opportunity to show my talents."

"It's mutual." Huang Ze said, "Thank you for your performance, otherwise this film would not have reached its current quality."

Just a nice word, Huang Ze is never stingy.

As for who is more important, we are all in the same circle and we all know it.

Actors are the most easily replaceable characters in a movie.

Are there no other young actresses who could play this role? Maybe not many, but Jennifer is definitely not the only one.

Jennifer Connelly knew all this, and there was something else in her eyes. She covered her mouth and asked, "Want a drink tonight?"

"can."

"By the way, you can actually take out some of the money and try to do some public relations to get a chance to win the Best Actress award."

"I'm a Chinese, and I made a musical like this. For the sake of face, they won't give me the Best Director award. That would be a loss of face for other American filmmakers. So, your chances of winning Best Actress are much higher than your performance should have won you Best Actress."

"There aren't many opportunities like this, so make the most of them."

In her previous life, Jennifer Connelly was also a well-known actress, and she often starred in some high-quality, artistic films.

But in the end, she only won the Best Supporting Actress award for "A Beautiful Mind".

For Best Actress, there was zero.

If she misses this opportunity, her chances will be really slim.

Unless the other party can perform better.

but……

If we can produce a best actress this time, there will be many more best actresses in the future. The new ones are always better than the old ones!
Helping her once is enough. If you want her to do it again and again, it is not enough to just play games together.

"Yeah, I know!" After seeing her own performance, Jennifer Connelly had secretly made up her mind to invest money in public relations.

As long as she can win the Best Actress award, her salary will skyrocket. The most important thing is not the salary, but the endorsement, which accounts for the majority of female stars!

As an Oscar-winning actress in her twenties, one can imagine how famous she will be by then.

Not far away, the Harvey brothers were also on the scene.

Looking at the content on the screen, Fat Harvey's eyes were shining, "Bob, if it doesn't fall apart later, this is a masterpiece that is worthy of winning the Best Picture. Huang is really a genius. He can actually make such a musical film. He is Chinese!"

"Directors have no national boundaries, and directing ability has no national boundaries. With "Life is Beautiful" and "Chicago", it seems that he wants to make a big splash at next year's Oscars."

"Yeah!" Harvey nodded slightly, with some emotion in his tone, "I've seen him a long time ago. If we could have tied him to Miramax at that time, we would probably be second only to those big companies."

"What a shame! I saw at the time that he had talent, but I didn't expect him to be so talented!"

"But it's not too late," Bob said. "Life is Beautiful is a good start, isn't it? We can also make a lot of money from this film. With the first time, he will definitely increase his cooperation with us. Warner has too many films and won't focus on winning awards for him."

"Ah."

……

More than an hour, nearly two hours passed quickly.

During this period, Huang Ze heard the audience cheering from time to time, and he felt at ease.

That's it!

Even with the change of actors, the film is still as charming as ever.

Hearing everyone's applause after the film ended, Huang Ze also started clapping.

Outside the theater, audience members began to fill out questionnaires.

"A+. I told you that Huang is such an excellent singer, so he must be good at making a musical. Facts have proved that he has the ability to make excellent musicals. I like Huang more and more, whether it is directing or singing."

"A." This time it was an old white man. When filling out the questionnaire, he was a little melancholy. "I haven't seen such an excellent musical in many years. I am very satisfied today. It would be even better if this was shot by an American director."

"I really want to ask, what's wrong with our American directors? Such an excellent musical was made by Huang. I'm not racist, nor am I saying that Huang is not good enough, but as far as I know, musicals don't have much foundation in their country. Why is that? I hope our country's directors can reflect on this!"

"A, I think this is a very good satire. It satirizes those rich, white people!" A guy said in a rap-like manner, "I have many brothers who were put in jail by them for manipulating public opinion."

"It's all the fault of the capitalists. They control everything and put innocent people in jail so that they can earn money by operating sewing machines."

"I support Huang in strongly criticizing this ugly behavior."

Questionnaires were collected one by one.

But these questionnaires have not been compiled yet, and film critics have already started to show their power. Some of them were paid, some were not, but most of them presented voices of praise.

It took several years to release such an excellent musical, and its box office did not disappoint Warner's expectations.

More than 2,500 theaters opened.

The box office on the first day was 10 million, and on the second day it earned more than 12 million, and over 8 million over the weekend.

With a box office of 30 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend, even if there is a sharp decline in the second week, it can still guarantee a recovery of the cost.

(End of this chapter)